Saros 152

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152

Fred Espenak

Introduction

A solar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon's shadow passes across Earth's surface. At least two solar eclipses and as many as five occur every year.

The periodicity and recurrence of solar eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and the same time of year due to a harmonic in three cycles of the Moon's orbit. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 13 centuries and contains 70 or more eclipses. Every saros series begins with a number of partial eclipses near one of Earth's polar regions. The series will then produce several dozen central eclipses before ending with a group of partial eclipses near the opposite pole. For more information, see Periodicity of Solar Eclipses.

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152

The table below lists the concise characteristics of every solar eclipse belonging to Saros 152 . The date and time of each eclipse is given for the instant of Greatest Eclipse. For eclipses between the years -1999 to 3000, the calendar date links to a web page containing additional details and a map showing the geographic region of eclipse visibility for that eclipse. A description of each parameter in the catalog table can be found in Key to Saros Catalog of Solar Eclipses.

Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152
Seq Num Rel Num Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s		 ΔT Sigma
s		 Luna Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°		 Long

°		 Sun Alt
°		 Path Width km Central Dur
1-36 1805-Jul-2606:14:18 12 1 -2405 Pb t- -1.4571 0.1405 63S 43E 0 - -
2-35 1823-Aug-0613:45:41 10 1 -2182 P t- -1.3871 0.2753 63S 79W 0 - -
3-34 1841-Aug-1621:20:24 6 1 -1959 P t- -1.3193 0.4059 62S 158E 0 - -
4-33 1859-Aug-2805:02:00 8 0 -1736 P t- -1.2569 0.5261 61S 34E 0 - -
5-32 1877-Sep-0712:48:42 -5 0 -1513 P t- -1.1985 0.6382 61S 92W 0 - -
6-31 1895-Sep-1820:44:01 -6 0 -1290 P t- -1.1469 0.7369 61S 141E 0 - -
7-30 1913-Sep-3004:45:49 16 0 -1067 P t- -1.1005 0.8252 61S 12E 0 - -
8-29 1931-Oct-1112:55:40 24 0 -844 P t- -1.0607 0.9005 61S 119W 0 - -
9-28 1949-Oct-2121:13:01 29 0 -621 P t- -1.0270 0.9638 62S 107E 0 - -
10-27 1967-Nov-0205:38:56 38 0 -398 T- t- -1.0007 1.0126 62S 28W 0 - -
11-26 1985-Nov-1214:11:27 55 0 -175 T t- -0.9795 1.0388 69S 143W 11 69001m59s
12-25 2003-Nov-2322:50:22 65 0 48 T t- -0.9638 1.0379 73S 88E 15 49601m57s
13-24 2021-Dec-0407:34:38 70 0 271 T p- -0.9526 1.0367 77S 46W 17 41901m54s
14-23 2039-Dec-1516:23:46 78 5 494 T p- -0.9458 1.0356 81S 173E 18 38001m51s
15-22 2057-Dec-2601:14:35 87 12 717 T p- -0.9405 1.0348 85S 22E 19 35501m50s
16-21 2076-Jan-0610:07:27 100 22 940 T p- -0.9373 1.0342 87S 174W 20 34001m49s
17-20 2094-Jan-1618:59:03 115 34 1163 T p- -0.9333 1.0342 85S 11W 21 32901m52s
18-19 2112-Jan-2903:49:52 133 46 1386 T p- -0.9292 1.0346 81S 164W 21 32201m56s
19-18 2130-Feb-0812:35:23 153 61 1609 T p- -0.9212 1.0356 76S 51E 22 31302m03s
20-17 2148-Feb-1921:18:00 176 76 1832 T p- -0.9111 1.0370 71S 89W 24 30502m13s
21-16 2166-Mar-0205:53:21 201 93 2055 T p- -0.8957 1.0388 65S 134E 26 29402m26s
22-15 2184-Mar-1214:22:32 229 111 2278 T p- -0.8755 1.0409 59S 1W 29 28302m43s
23-14 2202-Mar-2422:42:58 260 130 2501 T p- -0.8484 1.0431 53S 133W 32 27103m03s
24-13 2220-Apr-0406:56:41 293 151 2724 T p- -0.8162 1.0454 46S 98E 35 26003m26s
25-12 2238-Apr-1515:01:45 328 172 2947 T p- -0.7771 1.0475 39S 28W 39 25003m49s
26-11 2256-Apr-2522:58:34 367 194 3170 T p- -0.7316 1.0495 32S 152W 43 24004m14s
27-10 2274-May-0706:47:36 408 218 3393 T p- -0.6799 1.0510 25S 87E 47 23004m37s
28 -9 2292-May-1714:29:32 451 242 3616 T p- -0.6224 1.0521 19S 31W 51 22004m57s
29 -8 2310-May-2922:04:49 497 267 3839 T p- -0.5599 1.0526 12S 148W 56 21005m10s
30 -7 2328-Jun-0905:33:52 545 293 4062 T p- -0.4927 1.0524 7S 98E 60 19905m16s
31 -6 2346-Jun-2012:58:43 597 320 4285 T p- -0.4224 1.0515 2S 14W 65 18805m12s
32 -5 2364-Jun-3020:19:47 650 348 4508 T n- -0.3493 1.0499 3N 124W 70 17605m00s
33 -4 2382-Jul-1203:37:51 706 377 4731 T n- -0.2743 1.0475 6N 126E 74 16404m41s
34 -3 2400-Jul-2210:54:47 765 406 4954 T nn -0.1992 1.0444 9N 18E 79 15104m17s
35 -2 2418-Aug-0218:11:10 827 437 5177 T nn -0.1242 1.0406 11N 90W 83 13703m50s
36 -1 2436-Aug-1301:29:31 891 468 5400 Tm nn -0.0516 1.0361 12N 161E 87 12203m21s
37 0 2454-Aug-2408:48:46 957 500 5623 T nn 0.0195 1.0310 12N 53E 89 10502m50s
38 1 2472-Sep-0316:12:53 1026 533 5846 T nn 0.0858 1.0255 11N 57W 85 8702m19s
39 2 2490-Sep-1423:40:37 1098 567 6069 T -n 0.1484 1.0195 10N 167W 81 6701m47s
40 3 2508-Sep-2607:14:50 1172 602 6292 H -n 0.2047 1.0134 9N 80E 78 4701m14s
Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152
Seq Num Rel Num Calendar Date TD of Greatest Eclipse ΔT

s		 ΔT Sigma
s		 Luna Num Ecl Type QLE Gamma Ecl Mag Lat

°		 Long

°		 Sun Alt
°		 Path Width km Central Dur
41 4 2526-Oct-0714:54:19 1249 637 6515 H -n 0.2558 1.0070 7N 34W 75 2500m40s
42 5 2544-Oct-1722:41:12 1329 674 6738 H -n 0.3001 1.0006 6N 151W 72 200m04s
43 6 2562-Oct-2906:34:38 1411 711 6961 A -n 0.3382 0.9943 5N 91E 70 2100m35s
44 7 2580-Nov-0814:34:16 1495 748 7184 A -p 0.3704 0.9883 3N 28W 68 4401m15s
45 8 2598-Nov-1922:41:00 1582 787 7407 A -p 0.3959 0.9825 3N 150W 67 6701m57s
46 9 2616-Dec-0106:53:16 1672 827 7630 A -p 0.4157 0.9772 2N 87E 65 8902m39s
47 10 2634-Dec-1215:11:10 1764 867 7853 A -p 0.4304 0.9723 2N 38W 64 11003m19s
48 11 2652-Dec-2223:31:15 1859 908 8076 A -p 0.4424 0.9680 3N 163W 64 12803m56s
49 12 2671-Jan-0307:54:58 1957 949 8299 A -p 0.4506 0.9643 4N 70E 63 14404m27s
50 13 2689-Jan-1316:18:38 2057 992 8522 A -p 0.4578 0.9612 6N 56W 63 15804m52s
51 14 2707-Jan-2600:42:03 2159 1035 8745 A -p 0.4647 0.9587 8N 177E 62 16905m08s
52 15 2725-Feb-0509:01:58 2264 1079 8968 A -p 0.4735 0.9567 12N 52E 62 17805m17s
53 16 2743-Feb-1617:18:50 2372 1124 9191 A -p 0.4843 0.9553 16N 74W 61 18505m20s
54 17 2761-Feb-2701:29:36 2482 1169 9414 A -p 0.4994 0.9543 20N 162E 60 19105m17s
55 18 2779-Mar-1009:33:33 2595 1216 9637 A -p 0.5194 0.9537 26N 40E 59 19605m10s
56 19 2797-Mar-2017:29:16 2711 1262 9860 A -p 0.5455 0.9534 32N 81W 57 20205m00s
57 20 2815-Apr-0101:17:03 2829 1310 10083 A -p 0.5775 0.9532 38N 161E 54 20804m48s
58 21 2833-Apr-1108:54:08 2949 1359 10306 A -p 0.6178 0.9531 45N 45E 52 21704m34s
59 22 2851-Apr-2216:22:27 3072 1408 10529 A -p 0.6645 0.9529 52N 69W 48 23004m20s
60 23 2869-May-0223:40:18 3198 1458 10752 A -p 0.7193 0.9525 60N 179W 44 25004m05s
61 24 2887-May-1406:50:22 3326 1508 10975 A -p 0.7794 0.9518 69N 72E 38 28303m52s
62 25 2905-May-2513:49:00 3457 1560 11198 A -t 0.8483 0.9505 79N 34W 32 34603m39s
63 26 2923-Jun-0520:41:41 3591 1612 11421 A -t 0.9211 0.9484 90N 147E 22 49803m28s
64 27 2941-Jun-1603:25:32 3727 1665 11644 A+ -t 1.0005 0.9655 66N 45W 0 - -
65 28 2959-Jun-2710:05:37 3865 1718 11867 P -t 1.0818 0.8252 65N 155W 0 - -
66 29 2977-Jul-0716:38:44 4006 1773 12090 P -t 1.1679 0.6766 65N 98E 0 - -
67 30 2995-Jul-1823:11:34 4150 1828 12313 P -t 1.2532 0.5296 64N 9W 0 - -
68 31 3013-Jul-3005:41:14 4296 1883 12536 P -t 1.3405 0.3797 63N 115W 0 - -
69 32 3031-Aug-1012:12:09 4445 1940 12759 P -t 1.4258 0.2337 62N 139E 0 - -
70 33 3049-Aug-2018:43:25 4597 1997 12982 Pe -t 1.5099 0.0905 62N 33E 0 - -

Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 152

Solar eclipses of Saros 152 all occur at the Moon’s descending node and the Moon moves northward with each eclipse. The series began with a partial eclipse in the southern hemisphere on 1805 Jul 26. The series will end with a partial eclipse in the northern hemisphere on 3049 Aug 20. The total duration of Saros series 152 is 1244.08 years.

Summary of Saros 152
First Eclipse 1805 Jul 26
Last Eclipse 3049 Aug 20
Series Duration 1244.08 Years
No. of Eclipses 70
Sequence 9P 30T 3H 22A 6P

Saros 152 is composed of 70 solar eclipses as follows:

Solar Eclipses of Saros 152
Eclipse Type Symbol Number Percent
All Eclipses - 70100.0%
PartialP 15 21.4%
AnnularA 22 31.4%
TotalT 30 42.9%
HybridH 3 4.3%

Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 152 appears in the following table.

Umbral Eclipses of Saros 152
Classification Number Percent
All Umbral Eclipses 55100.0%
Central (two limits) 53 96.4%
Central (one limit) 0 0.0%
Non-Central (one limit) 2 3.6%

The 70 eclipses in Saros 152 occur in the following order : 9P 30T 3H 22A 6P

The longest and shortest central eclipses of Saros 152 as well as largest and smallest partial eclipses appear below.

Extreme Durations and Magnitudes of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152
Extrema Type Date Duration Magnitude
Longest Annular Solar Eclipse 2743 Feb 1605m20s -
Shortest Annular Solar Eclipse 2562 Oct 2900m35s -
Longest Total Solar Eclipse 2328 Jun 0905m16s -
Shortest Total Solar Eclipse 2490 Sep 1401m47s -
Longest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2508 Sep 2601m14s -
Shortest Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2544 Oct 1700m04s -
Largest Partial Solar Eclipse 1949 Oct 21 - 0.96380
Smallest Partial Solar Eclipse 3049 Aug 20 - 0.09049

Panorama of Solar Eclipses of Saros 152

Catalog of Saros Series of Solar Eclipses

Eclipse Publications

by Fred Espenak

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Calendar

The Gregorian calendar (also called the Western calendar) is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582. On this website, the Gregorian calendar is used for all calendar dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates.

The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc..

Eclipse Predictions

The eclipse predictions presented here were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates have been calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass.

The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:

  1. pre-1950's: ΔT calculated from empirical fits to historical records derived by Morrison and Stephenson (2004)
  2. 1955-present: ΔT obtained from published observations
  3. future: ΔT is extrapolated from current values weighted by the long term trend from tidal effects

A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -2999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.

Acknowledgments

Some of the content on this web site is based on the books Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Thousand Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1501 to 2500. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

Permission is granted to reproduce eclipse data when accompanied by a link to this page and an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, www.EclipseWise.com"

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